CROSSREF:ED Episode #02

Live Online Lessons and Mobile Apps? Learners are not Impressed

recorded: April 10th 2012

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Some data first: in 2011 busuu conducted their survey amongst 16.000 of their users from 150 countries, in 2012 they asked 45.000 members coming from 230 countries. Multiple answers were possible in both surveys.

Both studies vary only very slightly in their results why people learn a language and how much they spent on learning it (close to $1000 on average).

CROSSREF:ED Episode #01

Why it’s better to do Homework late at Night

recorded: April 5th 2012

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In our first episode let’s take a look at a very classic topic in education: homework. And is it good or bad? Christopher dedicated his last episode of C12 here on EDUKWEST to homework, I gave a long rant on “the French Homework revolution” in last week’s episode of review:ed. So why not start crossref:ed with two articles related to homework, as well?